AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 9 (TIWN): With the outbreak of COVID19 globally, Indian Railway coaches have been shaped as Isolation / Quarantine wards. In Tripura also the Indian Railway Ministry has placed the same arrangement in Agartala Railway Station. Total 15 coaches have been used to make the isolation ward whereas in each coach 9 beds remain. All the beds have reportedly been prepared. Although only one COVID19 case has been found positive in whole Tripura and all 17 persons who came in touch with the COVID19 patient were tested negative, but the State Govt is not leaving any stone unturned to be prepared for the emergency situations might erupt in future with the global pandemic.Agartala Railway Station is all set with prepared isolated wards for future’s COVID19 patients.On the other side, in a sigh of relief for now, all the 17 quarantined people who were earlier considered ''high-risk'' as they came in contact with Tripura''s first COVID-19 positive patient. The information about the testing results as 'COVID19 Negative' has been given by Chief Minister Biplab Deb. Till now, only one positive case was detected in Tripura in COVID19.

After the coaches were set by Railway Ministry, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb said, “I thank Rail Minister of India Mr. Piyush Goyal for placing isolation/Quarantine Railway coaches at Agartala railway station as preparedness in national efforts against Covid-19. In case of extreme emergency these coaches equipped with latest medicine facilities will be used to save precious lives at different locations”.